Ashton Madigan counsels businesses on technology transactions, artificial intelligence governance, and regulatory compliance. She represents companies across multiple industries in negotiating complex technology agreements, including AI partnerships, infrastructure deals, and enterprise software arrangements. Ashton works with clients ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies on cross-border transactions and helps organizations navigate the evolving landscape of AI regulation.
Ashton focuses her practice on artificial intelligence contracting and governance. She drafts and negotiates AI terms for both internal technology use and client-facing services across various sectors, including human resources, tax, and marketing. Ashton has negotiated AI partnership agreements between global technology companies and professional services firms. She also develops AI usage policies and guardrails for organizations implementing AI tools. Her work includes advising clients on compliance with the EU AI Act and other emerging AI regulations, helping businesses understand their obligations and develop practical compliance strategies.
In her technology transactions practice, Ashton handles data center agreements, SaaS contracts, and large-scale infrastructure deals. She has negotiated and closed high-value colocation agreements with Fortune 100 clients. Ashton collaborates with technical teams seeking to ensure agreements reflect both business objectives and technical requirements while managing risk across multiple jurisdictions.
Ashton holds certifications as a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional from the International Association of Privacy Professionals.
Concentrations
• Drafting and negotiating complex technology agreements
• Artificial intelligence contracting, policies and governance
• Drafting and negotiating data center agreements, SaaS contracts, and large-scale infrastructure deals
Experience
Representative Matters
• Drafted and negotiated AI terms for large-scale, high-visibility technology partnerships for internal use and external client services across sectors, including human resources and talent acquisition, tax, and marketing.°
• Drafted and negotiated terms as part of a strategic, multi-phase infrastructure project, one of the firm’s most complex technology infrastructure deals.°
• Drafted guardrails for the internal and external usage of a variety of AI tools by U.S. firm personnel.°
• Decomposed portions of the EU AI Act for senior leadership, including Article 4 (AI Literacy), which included a questionnaire, a roadmap for U.S. firm compliance with the section, and the U.S. firm’s first AI literacy training.°
• Provided regular AI risk and regulatory updates to senior leadership on the global regulatory state of AI, including any relevant developments in intellectual property.°
• Drafted the content for multiple presentations to internal stakeholders and external clients on the EU AI Act, current regulatory state, AI governance, and AI literacy.°
• Drafted and negotiated data center agreements, SaaS evaluation agreements, and enterprise SaaS agreements.°
°The above representations were handled by Ms. Madigan prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
In-House Experience
• Legal Counsel, Office of the General Counsel (Infrastructure, AI, and Policy), Deloitte, 2023-2025
• Equinix, 2016-2023
o Legal Counsel, 2019-2023
o Associate Legal Counsel, Commercial Transactions, 2017-2019
o Contract Manager, 2017
Professional Certifications
• AI Governance Professional (AIGP), IAPP, 2025
• Certified Information Privacy Professional – United States (CIPP/US), IAPP, 2023
Internships
• Law Clerk, Equinix, 2016- 2017
• Law Clerk. Ciber, 2015
• Law Clerk, Vodafone, 2015
